Spike Jonze has been getting a lot more attention lately for being associated with NYC rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars despite his mega-stardom as a film director of such box office hits as “Being John Malkovich” and multiple MTV awards for music video direction. But Spike has been hanging out with uber-cool headz for a long time. He’s filmed music videos for The Beastie Boys (”Sabotage” and “Sure Shot”), Bjork (”It’s Oh So Quiet”), Weezer (”Buddy Holly”), Daft Punk (”Da Funk”) and many many more.
Spike Jonze - Old School Skate Photographer
Vice magazine recently tagged along when Jonze took a photographic trip down memory lane when he spent most of his time riding around southern Cali and Mexico with Mark Gonzales, Guy Mariano, and Jason Lee, looking for ill spots to skate and taking pictures that would later land on the glossy pages of Transworld Skate mag. Spike Jonze is kind of a next generation Glen E. Friedman - he’s equally comfortable snapping epic skateboarding shots as he is in the mosh pit of the craziest shows. He is a co-owner of the skate company called Girl and directed skate videos like Blind’s “Video Days” in 1991. The pix that he shared with Vice are gorgeous and if you were into skating circa 1985-1991 than you definitely need to jump over there and join the nostalgia. I can’t wait to show this photo to my mate, he just picked up a rock solid Mark Gonzales skateboard at the local flea-market for a mere $8!
Enjoy!
Spike Jonze Links
Spike Jonze on Viceland
Spike Jonze bio on imdb - check out the films he was offered but declined!
Spike Jonze wiki
The Work of Director Spike Jonze - DVD
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